¹For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

¹¶ Na konei taku, ta Paora, he herehere nei ahau na Karaiti Ihu, hei mahi ki a koutou ki nga Tauiwi;

²if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

²Kua rongo pea koutou ki te mahi tuari i te aroha noa o te Atua kua homai nei ki ahau, hei mea ki a koutou:

³that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words] —

³Ara tana whakakitenga, tana whakaaturanga i te mea ngaro ki ahau; he pera hoki me ena kupu torutoru i tuhituhia na e ahau i mua;

⁴in regard to which ye are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

⁴Ka oti i a koutou tena te korero, ka mohio koutou ki toku matauranga ki te mea ngaro a te Karaiti,

⁵which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit —

⁵Kihai nei i whakakitea i era atu whakatupuranga ki nga tama a te tangata, kihai i penei me te whakakitenga inaianei e te Wairua ki ana apotoro tapu ratou ko nga poropiti;

⁶that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

⁶Ara mo nga Tauiwi kia uru tahi ki nga taonga, kia tinana kotahi, kia whiwhi ngatahi ki ana mea i whakaari i mua i roto i a te Karaiti, he meatanga na te rongopai:

⁷of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

⁷Mo reira ahau i meinga nei hei minita, i runga i ta te aroha noa o te Atua, i homai nei ki ahau, he mahinga na tona kaha.

⁸to me — the less than the least of all the saints — was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news — the untraceable riches of the Christ,

⁸I homai ki ahau, ki te mea iti iho i te iti rawa o te hunga tapu katoa, tenei aroha noa, kia kauwhautia e ahau i roto i nga Tauiwi te taonga o te Karaiti e kore nei e taea te rapu;

⁹and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

⁹Kia whakakitea ano hoki e ahau ki nga tangata katoa te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te mea ngaro, ki te mea i huna nei inamata noa atu i roto i te Atua, nana nei i hanga nga mea katoa:

¹⁰that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

¹⁰Kia ai te hahi inaianei hei whakaatu ki nga rangatiratanga, ki nga mana i nga wahi o te rangi, i te maha o nga whakaaro nui o te Atua.

¹¹according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹¹I runga i tana i whakatakoto ai i mua noa atu, he mea mahi nana i roto i to tatou Ariki, i a Karaiti Ihu:

¹²in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

¹²Kei roto nei i a ia to tatou maiatanga me to tatou whakatatanga atu i te mea e u nei te whakaaro, he meatanga na te whakapono ki a ia.

¹³wherefore, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

¹³Koia ahau ka mea nei kia kaua koutou e ngakaukore i oku tukinotanga mo koutou; ko to koutou kororia hoki tenei.

¹⁴For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁴¶ No konei i tuturi ai oku turi ki te Matua, o to tatou Ariki a Ihu Karaiti,

¹⁵of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

¹⁵Nona nei te ingoa e huaina ana ki nga hapu katoa i te rangi, i te whenua,

¹⁶that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

¹⁶Kia rite ki te nui rawa o tona kororia he homaitanga mana ki a koutou, kia pakari ai a roto i a koutou i te kaha o tona Wairua:

¹⁷that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

¹⁷Kia noho ai a te Karaiti ki roto ki o koutou ngakau, he mea whakapono; a, i te mea kua whai pakiaka, me te whai turanga mo koutou i roto i te aroha,

¹⁸that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

¹⁸Kia kaha ai koutou me te hunga tapu katoa ki te whakaaro i te whanui, i te roa, i te hohonu, i te tiketike,

¹⁹to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled — to all the fulness of God;

¹⁹A kia mohio ki te aroha o te Karaiti, e kore nei e taea te whakaaro; kia tino ki rawa ai koutou i te Atua.

²⁰and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

²⁰Na ki a ia, e kaha nei ki te mahi i nga mea nui whakaharahara, nui noa atu i nga mea katoa e inoi ai, e whakaaro ai tatou, he penei ano me te kaha e mahi nei i roto i a tatou,

²¹to Him [is] the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

²¹Waiho atu i a ia te kororia i roto i te hahi i runga i a Karaiti Ihu, a taea noatia nga whakatupuranga katoa, ake ake. Amine.